THE HALLETT
HERALD.
VOL. III.
Where
To Drill
For Oil
HALLETT. PAH - EE COl vrv , ,,,.a:i«jva. SATnuuv, JANUAKV ti. 1911.
if-
VR'.  M|: v:t II ai.1.KIT
J">t at this peiiod 0f (|,e develop*
ment < f the oil l.,.!usliy ill our midst
it does not seem amiss for us to
• ma- something of its history :,n(|
' levelopme.il. More money" h:,s
been spent in !|u. development of
oil, ami more lias been received from
hat source than from anv other min-
Vral industry in Oklahoma.
Plie Oklahoma oil fields hii\e
>een developed gradually t.lli
var.l from Kansas. As " early as
18S2 gas in small quantities was
discoveied, hut it was not until 1893
' 1891 that anything like e\: nsive
'•|)erali'Uis begin. Afier oil hid
••ecu f mud in 1 In- somitem counties
of Kansas, the drillers began to ven-
ture across the line into the Chero-
kee and Osajre \ at ions. Probably
'line tii 111 two-third* of all the oil
producer* in the State has heen
found a longtheyi th meridian which
i, ,,h' dividing line between Chero-
kee and Osage Nations. Wells
drilled within a few miles east and.
we*t ot tie *"""'di-"i have almost -
iiiv.iriahly found large quantities of I Whal is l,eUe' ,lli,n :l J'"cv, delicious peach, or i mellow apple? Especial (l ,s known that either
I" | grew in the famous Ozark fruit heh, where the blue Jibbou ha* always In en awarded   i
l,ie origin of oil and gas is not excellence as to quality and quantity. This is where we -ie Is I , • , , "-uuiu " supumi
definitely known. A number ofl..r win. F.I,a " ' ,gI,"V w> w U" h c«mes ,0 frui
tile tries' have heen proposed at dif-T. ... T • * ' "* fi,"U in all the ess utials neces-
fere.it tiniest I.v various men t a, - i SM> " "PcreilM"'- XPP «* "ti"" gicut «fce ami superior flav.r, pears produce in abundance and
count for the formation of these va-T'0    ' "{pipping quaiit.es. Ti; ai.ove is but •, example r f ,
• ions sub stances According to one I " «  be seen at .ihm.st every farm kay,, tl,, trees heinft haulv, free Iron, all insects
theory,..! has been formed by the blights, winch-arc so cinnn >11 1 . older communities. Not o„|v are lie t.us f,, t. ,, „ - • • .
, a, a,w.,.vid(1;''MWCf-*"
theory is not gciiefafTy aecepieu l y In older I > „i, ;,ud g ,s lo occur'a reservoir eptacle in v bid."
practical g.-ologis,,. A heller dew i  paying ^.niMiitu s at leaM th.ee | tiiey <.re ce'lec:e.!. Weie u not fo,
seems to be, ti,at oil and gas hav e Conditions a. e neccssny, Namely ; this the oil and gas would escape
U" will,i" the earth, by Hist a sou.ee of supply; seCond, . | and be lost in ,|ie . Al„, },, u,
• . 11 •  ' • "Si III ,i.c II. .Ami hue
toe ve.v slow and Jong continued ! k>ci von ; ami thud, ., cap rock t|,e conditions „re n,o>,
,I. si,II ,tiou ot plants and animals. I "npervious st. um, lliiough which ' lav, rabie. In this li, id the oil sands
which were In.ried in the rocksdur- the oil and gas    pass, li one | are unusually thick. |„,he M, \,j |
ing former geological ages. If ol these 1l1.ee conditions i- wanting ; „c|| ii is estimated to be „t Ua-t o
plant o, annual dies on the surlact '.mv particular region oil and gas | fee- thick. H,e ti,ml ewntial is a
of the eaitli, it decaxs or r,,.s audi"1 quantity will not be I<.11.i«I there, cap rock s, dense o. inn r\
the organic ma.eri d is lost in the I It has been demonstrated and j that it will n<4 peunit .he passage"''
Oil AND SAS
aim,(sphere. Hut it .1 plai t or ani- I" ^ui that m< s eli ,n li,;ii,;v, Vety
nial is buried oul cf contact w ill, I icquiieniuit for a g.e. t producing
the ail, the oiga.lir eomp,muds w,.l lield. First, we have the souice lot
be distilled \er_\ slov\ly, l*or.ning •' K'eat supply. Main locks ot tins
.1 series i | e implex hydiocaihous, | section contain a la.ge uiiinhei of
which umlei Ceitaiu eoiiditious be-1 tonsils, and los^ils .ie but the   ■
come liquid or oil and undei olheo
become volatile or gas. In other
homIs tl,e great sea floors of today
which are covered with animal and
mams of animals and plants entomb. |,nei,tiou in collection with the
ed in the locks, showing llu pres-
ence 01 rather the signs of great or-
ganic mallei. Second, ih, re ser-
if
'"I "I g •«. An here too, (hi- emi-
dit. n is |K.fee'. In most instances
we have a line grained clay or sli de,
wireli the diiller 11-uaily designates
as sjatr. I here is ore >>ih, r factor
which we slioul.l not fail ti*
di-
vegetable matter, strewn with <lyiug| voir, 'l'he substances formed fiom
plants and animals, aim  st inliuite the slow distillation of this organ.c
in number, of every form and va-
riety, through the process of ages,
when the dust and particles of mat-
ter shall cover and encase these or-
ganisms ! <>m the air,.will become
the oil fields ot tomorrow.
leimin.itiou of the location of oil
and gas, ami that is how in ,\ one
,lis over the most likeh place in
which to diill tor oil and gas?
It is a known fact that the rocks
matter ate volatile and obeying the on the earth do not lie level, but iu
law of gase* and liquids, tend to many cases h ive been folded into a
pass upward ami escape to tlie Mfr
lace. In this section howevei be-
fore reaching the surface they en-
counter a porous rock which acts as
hSB.. U:-v* . -.ii... -. -Tlli.-„ jfcitr-iTY.i fiiii .'itf J| - , vv_.
Livery Dray and Transfer
< ■< M )l) TMAMS AM) S.vri; DKIVCKS
1UIS MliETS ALL TRAINS PHONE 1 LON(i SljOHTS
I)UIVI5R1 HUNT WITH Ti:AM
WIIKN DHHIinil)
PASSENGERS CARRIED TO ALL PARTS OF
THE
CITY AND COUNTRY. CHARGES REASONABLE
B. L. GILLASPIE, Prop.
great seiies <>| w ave like arches and
troughs. An arch is called in geo-
logical terms an anticline, and a
downfold or trougli a syncline.
Oklahoma produces more oil than
any other state in the I 'uion. Three
pipe lines, crossing the s|;,i, f|,„„
""ft11 to stiut'i. cany lie. products to
Port Arthur. 011 toe slxne ol the
Uuli of Mexico. Tiieie it is loaded
for all parts of the woild. Going
c.et. tin,nigh Kansas, Mi-sou.i Illi-
nois to lo,liana, tile pipe line of the
Pr.,,r,e Oil & (iu* Company con-
nects with the S ami ,rd at Whiting,
and thence with Ray one. \. |.
I here i* no way of even estima-
ting tie amount of gas produced in
Oklahoma. Ev« r) city and Immh t
m the lield uses  as for tlomestic
purposes. Kansas City draws a
laige part of her heat and light
through pipes from Oklahoma, and
a line recently completed into Mis-
souri supplies gas to a string of
towns as far as Sjwiuglield. The
most stiiking feature of the Okla-
homa gas lield is the tre nemlou pres-
sure, some wells produce 40,000.
NO. 46
Learn
While
You Earn
Abraham Lincoln would split rail*
all day in the forest and tl.em af-
te> his day's work was finished,
would walk live ni!is to borrow a
book to study aifd improve himself.
It is said of George Washington
that 111 answer to a question of his
mother as to why he studied so late ~
at night, replied ti at he was work-
ing out the destiny of hiscounlry.
1 here are hundreds and thous-
ands of young people today who
are desirous of gaining a practical
education, but for one reason or
another they cannot leave home to
secure it, so they drag along from
one year to the next in the same old
rut. There arc hundreds of others
[that are availing themselves of tie
opportunity offered by the corre-
-P""'1' < tie} at I me. 1 ,.1 the Capi-
11 (- :t> ! i.s i , ss Co!!, gt . ..iv ing
lie" '• re .1 no .1 is and investing '
'I'cill 1 1 .,1. 11inc.1l , n M at vv ii; mc'aii
thousand i f d , . is (In nwiu ti e
coming v a.s
^ "i« "I i v s| v, ,u c |mi|
able to take a curse ,| sh ,iti.
b^. kki epinjj, ! , ki.. . ; usines.
lilhmetie. etc.. but'he perso:i vv! o
•an ie i-l ilffftrtl. that is th * one that
"ie<ls it.niost and should have it bv
all llWiijjs at aov saeiiri,-,-. it 1.,
cost inner. AViit' today tor , in i:-
IllstfaUd e.ila' _ue i iillii ilig , t o
correspondence , ,mses and halts'
e p.ain to yon liow vou niav.-ii-ke
jihisw.T. >vl i,ie<*^f
I ing the finis lait of v„.ir C< til e
Jby It. V i.y .), .onal work it • ac
! sclio  ! . i:ii,,ut f t; th r cosfyou 1 ; v
do so.
Young imu>, h not ake
vaut 'ge of t d* , ituuitv tint ii
now present. d . ti iiii a business
education b IM,,. ,n „M..,.|S
Ihat would otleiwi-e be v „*ie ?
Why '.1. t spend . 11 hour of 'l:e loi g
winter evening, alter nightfall quai-
ifv ing yourself w ill, a knovvl, dgc' of
the famous Rvrne Sin ; ' fi, (I Si I It-
hand ,,r Piaclic I R, ..kkeeping for
which the business |d will pMy
you cash?
I'ill out the following blank and
mail to t e Cotie.iioi dfuce Dept.,
"f Capital City Ru -ine s Co I'eg e,
Guthrie, >)kla.
Name 
A(hi ess 
Course Interested in .
Now oil and gas almost invatiably 000 cubic bet per day-Exch mge.
occur along the anticlines, under the
inches, while as a rule salr water it
present iu the test uoii willbelound I
iu the syuclines, obeying the law of I
specific gravity. Hence il an oil I
man will pav vou more for your |f
leji^e, than your n< ighbor foi his, it ;|
is because you have oil and he hasn't* ; |
and vice versa. I he oil man which
has experience in Ihe oil business is
only obeying a 11 >luial law which he
has found to be true.
Don't forget to see the A. & \|.
College 011 wheels at Hallett, VV, d-
nesday, January 25, it :oo a. lit.
Eveiything nice and fresh at J.
VV. Longs.
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| WIIK.N IN TI IM C ITY ST( )1> AT TI 110
MOTEL- HALLETT
tveriithin,} Jicat and Mean
Transient Trade Solicited
I lie A. Si M. t ollege Metier Seeil
And Livestoek I >..in will ari.ve in
Hallett next W, d ,c*dny. Janu ij.
P "t 11 :oo a. m p , mptlv. regardless
( of the weather, • v r the "Kaly
You want to |> tl. lie depot.
RATES $1.00 TO $1.50 PER DAY
RY THE WEEK $4 « o
*1. fK. Turner, Prop.